The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has added Just Loans Group to it’s associate membership. Just Loans becomes the first alternative commercial lender to join the association. Just Loans Group Chief Executive Officer John Davies said “I don’t believe that traditional banks and alternative lenders are in competition with each other as they share the common aim…
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The Asset Based Finance Association (ABFA) has reported that the total amount of lending UK businesses secured through invoice finance has passed the £20.3 billion barrier, up 5% from £19.3 billion last year. The amount of Invoice Finance and Asset Based Lending secured by UK businesses has risen by over a quarter (27%) over the…
Read moreResearch by Barclays Business has found that up to £550 million is lost every year by SMEs forgetting to pay in or losing cheques written to their business. Of those that have lost or forgotten to deposit a cheque, two in five (38%) admit to doing it only on one occasion, however one in five…
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United Trust Bank has appointed Richard Murley as its new Chairman
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IGF has appointed Richard Spielbichler as ABL Director for the North West whilst Jeff Greenfield joins as ABL Director for North London and the Home Counties.
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A R3 report has found that at least one fifth of UK corporate insolvencies in the past year were caused by late payment or the insolvency of another company. The survey of the insolvency profession reveals that late payment for goods or services was a primary or major cause of 23% of insolvencies in the last…
Read moreA report by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (CICM) has shown that business confidence continues to fall within the manufacturing sector following Brexit, according to the latest Credit Managers’ Index. The quarter index however, showed that confidence within the Services sector has slightly improved and rallied after a poor first quarter, arresting the decline of the index…
Read moreAccountancy firm Moore Stephens has appointed Lee Causer as partner working in its restructuring and insolvency team.
Read morePeer to peer lender ThinCats has launched a new two-tiered grading system for all loans on the platform’s primary market. The new system will allow investors to quickly determine two key factors that determine the quality of a loan: credit quality and security quality. Credit quality, the ability of a company to service its loan obligations, will…
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Richard Whitehouse has been appointed Sales Director at Platform Black. Commenting on his new appointment, Richard Whitehouse said “The fintech market is exploding and this opportunity to join a business in the sector, with such strong lending principles and access to large funding pools, was impossible to ignore. Platform Black’s track record and investment from our parent,…
Read moreHH Cashflow has appointed Robin Goddard as it’s new Head of Sales.
Read moreResearch released by Bibby Financial Services suggests that 1.4 million SMEs are forced to write-off debt each year. Findings from Bibby Financial Services’ SME Confidence Tracker report for Quarter 2, undertaken before the EU referendum, show that 27 per cent of SMEs have written-off money in the past year. Across the business population, findings equate to…
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